*wiljakwemô^²

Runic: ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚲᚹᛖᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwil.jɑ.ˌkʷe.mɔːː/

interjection

Meanings

welcome!

Etymology

From *wiljaną (‘to want’) + *kwemaną (‘to come’). Literally "desired comer" (or "desired come!").

Descendants

*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bene venītus, *bene venūtus (Vulgar Latin)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Dutch)
  - willecome, wellecome, welcome (Middle Dutch)
    - welkom, wilkóm (Limburgish)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Dutch)
  - willecome, wellecome, welcome (Middle Dutch)
    - welkom (Dutch)
      - welkom (Afrikaans)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Dutch)
  - willecome, wellecome, welcome (Middle Dutch)
    - willecome, willecomme, wilecome (Old French)
      - willecomme (Middle French)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Dutch)
  - willecome, wellecome, welcome (Middle Dutch)
    - willecome, willecomme, wilecome (Old French)
      - willecomer, wilecomer (Old French)
        
        welcumer, welcomer, welcomier (Middle French)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wilcuma, wilcume (Old English)
  - welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume (Middle English)
    - walcome (Scots)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wilcuma, wilcume (Old English)
  - welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume (Middle English)
    - welcome (English)
      - welkam (Pitcairn-Norfolk)
      - welkam (Tok Pisin)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wilcuma, wilcume (Old English)
  - wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian (Old English)
    - ġewilcumian (Old English)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wilcuma, wilcume (Old English)
  - wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian (Old English)
    - wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen (Middle English)
      - welcome (English)
      - welcum, welcom, wellcom, willcom (Scots)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wilkuma (Old Frisian)
  - wilkemen, wülkemen, wäilkúmen (Saterland Frisian)
  - wolkom (West Frisian)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- willikwemo, williquemo, willikomo, willechomen (Old High German)
  - willekomen (Middle High German)
    - wéllkòmm, wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne (Alemannic German)
    - bóolkhèmm (Cimbrian)
    - willkommen (German)
    - wëllkëmm (Luxembourgish)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Saxon)
  - willekome, wilkome, willekom (Middle Low German)
    - willekomen, willekōmen (Middle Low German)
      - willekōmen, wolkōmen (Middle Low German)
        
        willkomen (German Low German)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Saxon)
  - willekome, wilkome, willekom (Middle Low German)
    - willekomen, willekōmen (Middle Low German)
      - willekōmen, wolkōmen (Middle Low German)
        
        velkominn (Old Norse)
        
        vælkomin (Faroese)
        
        velkominn (Icelandic)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Saxon)
  - willekome, wilkome, willekom (Middle Low German)
    - willekomen, willekōmen (Middle Low German)
      - willekōmen, wolkōmen (Middle Low German)
        
        velkominn (Old Norse)
        
        ? (Norwegian)
        
        velkommen (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        velkomen, velkommen (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Saxon)
  - willekome, wilkome, willekom (Middle Low German)
    - willekomen, willekōmen (Middle Low German)
      - willekōmen, wolkōmen (Middle Low German)
        
        velkominn (Old Norse)
        
        wælkomæn (Old Danish)
        
        velkommen (Danish)
*willjakwemō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *willikumo (Old Saxon)
  - willekome, wilkome, willekom (Middle Low German)
    - willekomen, willekōmen (Middle Low German)
      - willekōmen, wolkōmen (Middle Low German)
        
        velkominn (Old Norse)
        
        vælkomin (Old Swedish)
        
        välkommen (Swedish)

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